28thAnnual GAEA National Art Honor Society State Conference

Hosted byColumbus State University

March 8 – 9, 2018

GAEA is proud to announce that Columbus State University will host the 28th Annual High School NAHS State Conference. NAHS and Columbus State are excited about this years planned events. Thursday March 8th, the NAHS Art Throwdown will be held at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center. Friday March 9th the NAHS workshops will be held at CSU and lead by GAEA State Art Educators. The Friday Night Social is on the eve of March 9th at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center! We are hoping to have a DJ and karaoke.

We sincerely thank Columbus State University, their Department of Art, their faculty and students in advance for hosting The NAHS State Conference.

NAHS Conference Overview and Description

Artwork Submissions Policies and Adjudication Process

The annual conference for the National Art Honor Society is an event for Georgia high school students who are National Art Honor Society members. The NAHS Throwdown will be held at the Columbus Trade and Convention Center on Thursday March 8, 2018. The NAHS Workshops will be held at the River Park Campus’s, Corn Center for the Visual Arts on Friday March 9, 2018 in Columbus, Georgia. Students will be submerged into life as a college art student, taking art making sessions in Columbus State University facilities and taught by Art Educators, Professors, and Museum Educators throughout the State of Georgia. NAHS students will have exhibition and portfolio review opportunities led by the CSU faculty. The conference offers opportunities for students to meet and socialize with other NAHS members from across the state, in their workshops and at social events held throughout the conference. Additionally, tours of the facility and CSU campus will be available for those interested in learning more about Columbus State University. The NAHS conference offers several scholarship competitions: The Helen Fleming Stone Scholarship, the GAEA NAHS Scholarship, the GAEA NAHS Superior Art History Scholarship, the GAEA NAHS Superior in 2D Art Scholarship and the GAEA NAHS Superior in 3D Art Scholarship.

27th Annual Georgia National Art Honor Society State Conference

Hosted byColumbus State University

February 25, 2017

This is a slow business season for the local hotels in the area. There are two hotels located near the college. Contact Dr. Bret Lefler @ lefler_bret@ColumbusState.edu if you have problems finding rooms in the Columbus areas.

The student shall be a member of a National Art Honor Society who will graduate from high in the current school year

The student shall submit a portfolio containing six original artworks (no copies from any source). NOTE-Original photographic art or original computer art are exempted. There shall be no slides, photographs, or computer generated images of the artwork submitted in the portfolio

The student shall submit: (a) an autobiography of one page only, doubles spaced (12 font size) including the student’s interest and involvement in the visual arts. (b.) A recommendation from his/her art teacher of no more than one page, double-spaced (font 12 size)

The student shall: (a) Participate in the NAHS State Conference including the concluding general meeting at which the recipient will be announced. (b) Attend the Awards presentations of the Georgia Art Education Association Fall conference at which time the scholarship will be presented to the recipient

The student shall take a minimum of one visual art course in the college/university (a certificate of meeting or having met this requirement must be provided.)

The Georgia Art Education Association shall provide the Stone family an annual report of the Helen Fleming Stone Art Scholarship. Administration of the Helen Fleming Stone Scholarship shall be administered, in cooperation with the Stone family, through the Georgia Art Education Association from which the interest/profits of the scholarship funds will be given annually to a graduating National Art Honor Society high school senior.